{"value":{"id":1507331,"askingMemberId":4511,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-09-21T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-10-24T00:00:00","uin":"53456","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring that charitable providers of (a) community and (b) health services are included in any Government-backed support for Local Authority provision.","answeringBodyId":211,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4414,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-10-24T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Local councils play an essential role in the fabric of our country and are best placed to understand local funding priorities. The flexibility to make funding decisions at a local level is often why these services are so effective. We are working closely with the sector, as we always do, to understand what the impact of cost and demand pressures will be on service delivery and budgets.</p><p>The Government also recognises how community hubs, run by local authorities, charities and voluntary and community organisations are vital in delivering the local services on which communities rely. This is why they (and local authorities more broadly) will be eligible to access the package of non-domestic energy support over the next 6 months.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Local Government Services: Charities","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1507331","method":"GET"}]}